Meadville News

8, 2:30-4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 17, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Meetings take place in the Admiral Room of the Blasco Memorial Library, 160 E. Front St.

The domestic box-office total fell about 3.8 percent in 2011, and ticket sales were down about 4.7 percent from 2010 -- the lowest total since 1995.

An anonymous gift provides Crawford County with a state of the art animal hospital.

The fire in the unoccupied brick building at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Williams Street was reported by a passer-by Sunday at about 7:30 a.m., said Chris Reichel, assistant chief of the Vernon Township Volunteer Fire Department.

8, 2:30-4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 17, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Meetings take place in the Admiral Room of the Blasco Memorial Library, 160 E. Front St.

A three alarm has destroyed a Meadville landmark that has stood the test on time for over a hundred years.

Look familiar? This is the fire station built for the Friendship Fire Company at the East Point in 1911.

As far as the Erie County Convention Center Authority is concerned, the former GAF Materials Corp.

A borough man in jail on charges of robbing a Meadville pizzeria at knife point in December has been charged with stealing lottery tickets from a Saegertown gas station in a November burglary.

Yori went into Wednesday's District 10 Class AAA team tournament with an overall record of 14-7, according to nwcaonline.com . The senior, who has competed in the 132-pound division most of this season, recorded falls in 10 of those victories.

A New Jersey woman was injured after she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into two trees Tuesday afternoon in Woodcock Township, Crawford County.

Donald Turner, 68, has spent much of his life telling people how to beat their taxes, first in a series of seminars run out of his one-man "church" and then in a book aimed at helping wealthy professionals shield their income by creating phony trusts on far-off islands.

She was born May 1, 1933 in McKeesport, Pa., the daughter of the late Clarence S. and Lula Dodds Blend.

8, 2:30-4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 17, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Meetings take place in the Admiral Room of the Blasco Memorial Library, 160 E. Front St.

State police at Meadville said someone entered an 82-year-old woman's two garages in the 25000 block of Spring Road, northwest of Springboro, on Saturday.

Two teens with a stolen truck were taken into custody after fleeing from state police in two counties early today.

The deep gas play may be ramping up Pennsylvania's historic oil and gas patch, but it is putting a big hit on the traditional shallow oil drilling and production sprinkled profusely throughout the northwestern counties.

Two schools in northwestern Pennsylvania are changing policies to require more students to live in campus because officials believe doing so improves academic performance.

Emmy winner Yannis Simonides presents a one-man performance of "The Apology of Socrates" at Allegheny College's Shafer Auditorium tonight.

Kathaleen K. Carlino, a long time resident of Meadville, departed from this earthly life Sunday, January 22, 2012.